I've never seen a mr. beast video because I found the weird sex-doll gaping face on all his videos extremely off-putting and so I block every channel that displays one whenever they're suggested. In fact, the reason I learned it was possible to block channels at all was specifically due to these videos constantly being suggested.
I only know what the name is because a picture of him showed up in some other video-- and because I'm constantly reminded by how often I need to block new stuff because more of it keeps showing, even though I always block it.
I'm kinda surprised to read this article and hear how awful the content is-- esp given that many other YT channels have spoken highly of him. The face just seemed to non-genuine and engineered to overstimulate some neural network (artificial or organic) and left me feeling that watching even one would be contributing to the downfall of civilization. It's interesting to see that my initial highly negative impression may have had some basis: it certainly doesn't sound like content I would find worthwhile.
That sex-doll gaping face or the fake shocked "Omg I cannot believe everything I'm seeing" face is de rigeur for YT, and I'm guessing it's because The Algorithm (blessed be its bytes) has determined kids click on thumbnails with incredibly exaggerated facial expressions.
People need to study more why that gaping face became a trick to the algorithm. It's certainly (I hope) not functioning adults that are so easily tricked by it? I suspect a large amount of what drives the algorithm is young impressionable kids and that basically dictates the trend for the rest of us.
That sounds like a great extension, but at the same time I just block those channels that engage in that. None of them make any content worth consuming.
How do you know if a channel has content worth consuming if you block it without watching it?
Literally hundreds of good channels worth consuming have thumbnails like that. I find it off-putting too, but videos are severely punished for not having them.
If its that good I'll hear about it from someone else... though I can't say that I've seen too much on youtube that my life would be that much worse off if I'd simply gone without it.
> I've never seen a mr. beast video because I found the weird sex-doll gaping face on all his videos extremely off-putting […]
Glad to hear I'm not the only one put off by whatever that look is (interestingly worded too). For me it's something in the eyelids giving him a sort of watery look that triggers a deep-seated automatic feeling of disgust (and then there is the topic of the content itself which makes it a rational disgust).
Huh? On the front page I can for each recommended video select "Not interested" or "Don't recommend channel". This is on Firefox both desktop and Android.
On creator focused networks like YouTube, tiktok or instagram your recommendations get reset if you accidentally open a link to a video or channel you marked as “Don’t recommend this X.”.
If you really want to nuke them from your feed the easiest way is to report them. Might be ethical questionable but the 99,9X% of reports get ignored anyway so why not use it as feature.
> I found the weird sex-doll gaping face on all his videos extremely off-putting
The contestants have to play by Mr Beast's rules, Mr Beast has to play by Youtube's algorithm rules. The algorithm recommends videos with clickbait thumbnails and titles.
> > I found the weird sex-doll gaping face on all his videos extremely off-putting
> The contestants have to play by Mr Beast's rules, Mr Beast has to play by Youtube's algorithm rules. The algorithm recommends videos with clickbait thumbnails and titles.
And, if we choose, youtube has to play by our rules. I'm trying to do my part, you can join me.
I only know what the name is because a picture of him showed up in some other video-- and because I'm constantly reminded by how often I need to block new stuff because more of it keeps showing, even though I always block it.
I'm kinda surprised to read this article and hear how awful the content is-- esp given that many other YT channels have spoken highly of him. The face just seemed to non-genuine and engineered to overstimulate some neural network (artificial or organic) and left me feeling that watching even one would be contributing to the downfall of civilization. It's interesting to see that my initial highly negative impression may have had some basis: it certainly doesn't sound like content I would find worthwhile.